 Genius Meanings
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Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
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“Stairway to Heaven” is one of Led Zeppelin’s most famous recordings, with many considering it the greatest rock song of all time. It tells the story of a greedy woman who is
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Nahko And Medicine For The People – Pueo
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[Chorus 1] / There will come a day / There will come a day / There will come a day / There will come a day / When the sun don't shine / And the moon don't rise in its cycle / [
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Spirit – If I Had a Woman
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If I had a woman / If I had a woman / She'd be mine / If I had a woman / If I had a woman / If I had a woman / She'd be mine
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Spirit – Water Woman
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Water woman, water world / Think I'll go down and drown myself / Water woman we'll live on love / Swim to the bottom and never come up / Water woman and a water child / Living
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Spirit – Gramophone Man
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Woke up last friday morning / Went and saw Mr. Gramophone man / And the many magic presents / That he keeps inside his head and his hand / Gram man / Gram man / Gram man / Gram man
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SOFI TUKKER – Like This
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[Intro: Sophie & Tucker] / Like this? / Like this / [Verse 1: Sophie] / Take off the day, go back to sleep / Covered in mud, lines on my cheek / Make up some rules, break 'em
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Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future & James Blake – King's Dead
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A star-studded collaboration. In his first single as the main credited artist since 2015, Jay Rock links up with Future, James Blake and Black Hippy partner and label mate
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Spirit – The Great Canyon Fire in General
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Somewhere, someone's calling / 6 o'clock on a Thursday evening / I saw the smoke rise orange in the sky / I watched the fire climb over the hilltops / Canyon's burning / Canyon's
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Rah Digga – Harriet Thugman
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Rah Digga / The Harriet Thugman of hip hop has returned baby / C'mon! / [Verse 1] / I be that house nigga squatting in the lab / Rhymes comin, rhymes goin like I was a dollar cab
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Spirit – Mechanical World
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Death falls so heavy on my soul / Death falls so heavy, makes me moan / Somebody tell my father that I died / Somebody tell my mother that I cried / Death falls so heavy on my soul
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Spirit – Fresh-Garbage
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Fresh garbage / Fresh garbage / Look beneath your lid some morning / See those things you didn't quite consume / The world's a can for your fresh garbage / Look beneath your lid
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Spirit – Uncle Jack
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Gazing on the seaweed skies / Falling down before your eyes / He can show you (show you) / Have you met my Uncle Jack? / Have you met my Uncle Jack? / Wonder what you're all about
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Spirit – Topanga Windows
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Watching the world through our Topanga window / Seeing people running through their lives / Sun shines warm through our Topanga window / The cat lies sleeping waiting for the night
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Spirit – Girl in Your Eye
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She's the girl in your eye / Sometimes you wish that you had passed her by / Days come and they go / And if you make it, you just don't know / And then you think that the feeling
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Spirit – Straight Arrow
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See him riding 'cross the plain / See how everybody fears his name / He's working for the good in the mountains and the woods / Protector of the lame, Straight Arrow is his name
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Chronic Law – Selfish
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[Intro] / Heart freeze and mi never pree fi melt it / Yuh know di ting go, dawg / Yo, Notnice, heart freeze and mi never pree fi melt it / Gun deh yah so mi tempted / Mi nuh like
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Lick the wounds;
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This is a reference to Fauna’s 7th track ‘Lovebite’ in which the lyrics say,
“The widow licks her wounds, she’s the devil with details”
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Rich Homie Quan (Ft. Rick Ross) – Think About It (Rich As In Spirit)
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[Intro] / Damn man / Nard & B / I done just woke up / A fuckin' 'nother day, another dollar, another bitch / Trenchwerk / And another bankroll, hey / [Chorus: Rich Homie Quan] / I
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Ezra Bell – Tourists
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I felt it in the forest back when I was just a tourist / Laughing at the cities made of glass / You down by the stream with your million-dollar dream / Only two bucks left for gas
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DUCKWRTH – Bernal Heights
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(Intro) / She was born in the grassy hillside of Bernal Heights / Where the grass was greener, with the chill type demeanor / (Intro) / Her name was Carolina, glad to meet ya / Why
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Demon Hunter (Ft. Max Cavalera) – DEFENSE MECHANISM
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[Chorus: Max Cavalera, Ryan Clark & Max Cavalera] / Rival hearted / Spirit guarded / Social tension / The fury of dissension is my / [Post-Chorus: Ryan Clark & Max Cavalera
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Pink Floyd (Ft. Clare Torry) – The Great Gig In The Sky (2023 EG Mix)
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[Intro: Gerry O'Driscoll] / …and I am not frightened of dying / Any time will do, I don't mind / Why should I be frightened of dying? / There's no reason for it, you've gotta go
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Tauren Wells (Ft. Jenn Johnson) – Famous For (I Believe)
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[Verse 1: Tauren Wells] / There is no fear 'cause I believe / There is no doubt 'cause I have seen / Your faithfulness, my fortress / Over and over / [Verse 2: Jenn Johnson] / I
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Death Grips – Flies
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“Flies” was released as the 3rd single in the build up to the release of Year of the Snitch, after “Streaky” and Black Paint.
On an electronic soundscape, MC Ride contemplates
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Bonsai Trees – I Love an Artist
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I watch water ripple / I love an artist dead and simple / I watch you tracing every line / I love an artist every time / I watch you break the social norms / I love an artist's
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Necrophobic – Paimon
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Thee I invoke, from the order of dominations / Thee, that lurketh in the shadow of Taurus / Thee I invoke that ruleth two Hundred legions / Thee that weareth the crown of a king
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